Keira Knightley lives off "yearly allowance" of $50,000

Turns out, Keira Knightley is living like you and me - well, apart from the hot husband in a band and Hollywood alter-ego, that is.

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The actress revealed in her interview with US GLAMOUR magazine that she restricts herself to a yearly allowance of $50,000 (around £29,000) because she feels that living an extravagant lifestyle "alienates" you from people. The average Briton earns £26,500 a year, so she's living a *relatively* sensible life for a celeb.

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"I think living an (expensive) lifestyle means you can't hang out with people who don't live that lifestyle," Keira said.

"It alienates you. Some of my best most hilarious times have been in the least luxurious places."

It's an interesting revelation from an actress that commands seven figures for film roles and has major beauty campaigns for Chanel under her belt. But Keira isn't TOTALLY frugal - if she wants to splurge on something, she does it:

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"I mean, if I want or need something that goes over that (her yearly allowance), I get it" she said.

Scroll down for the rest of the interview with Keira.

On 10 June 2014, we wrote...

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Keira on getting married…

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"When James proposed, I just thought, Well, never done that before. It seemed like a fun thing to do."

Keira on her teens and early twenties…

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"There are those who manage that time of their lives really well-doing a lot of partying and making a lot of mistakes and thinking the world is only there for you, but I was way too introverted, and there was always this sh-tload of photographers, who made it worse. When I hit 25, for some reason I didn't care anymore-I allowed myself to chill out. Since then, everything's been amazing."

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Keira on stage fright…

"I have really suffered from stage fright, or actually camera fright. [Because] you are presenting layers and layers and layers of pretending, and it's not just you but other people in charge of your face or your body or your hair."